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Prices Still Under Pressure, Ethereum Staking Volume Surges Past 31%
On-chain data shows a significant discrepancy between Ethereum's price movements and the confidence level of long-term holders. According to a research report from The Block on Monday (May 18) local time, the amount of ETH locked in staking within the network has now risen to reach 31 percent of the total global supply. Meanwhile, at the beginning of the year, this figure was only around 29 percent. This accumulation trend continues steadily despite the market price performance throughout the year experiencing a correction of about 26 percent.
The increase in staking activity automatically reduces the amount of liquid tokens circulating in the market. This supply scarcity is seen as a strong foundation for future price recovery if market demand picks up again. This ease is also driven by the presence of liquid staking protocols like Lido, which allow retail and institutional investors to lock their assets to earn yields without sacrificing liquidity.
Although Ethereum's current position is highly dominant in decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure and the real-world asset (RWA) market tokenized on the blockchain, the global market still seems to doubt its growth potential, which is still in the early stages. How quickly Ethereum can turn this positive fundamental data into real price increases will heavily depend on how aggressively institutional funds begin to enter this ecosystem through increasingly mature spot ETF products.